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How do I paint yellow?

Thornoo1

Posted 17 June 2011 - 10:31 PM

Thornoo1

Vampire Squig

Boyz

109 posts

Gender:Male

Location:Brisbane, Australia

I'm just about to start my 40k Ork army and have picked Evil Sunz as my paint scheme. I'm after a really solid how-to using GW paints on how to get some real strength out of yellow when contrasted with red as the other main colour choice.
I'm sick of having to do 5 layers just to get rid of the paint streaks. What base colours do you build your yellow up on. What do you do if black is your key undercoat etc.

balsak_da_mighty

Posted 17 June 2011 - 11:57 PM

balsak_da_mighty

squig attack arm

Boyz

465 posts

Gender:Male

Location:Southern Mayland, USA

Army Name:?

Well I have always used a brown base coat for my yellows. Maybe a desert yellow or vermin brown. Then i would do a coat of yellow. the brown is dark enough to cover black but still light enough to have yellow go over it. Or you could use a airbrush if you have access to one of those. works really well.
But they also have the foundation paints that work pretty good..I haven't used the yellow yet so can't say about that one but the others have been really nice.
Hope this helps

Thornoo1

Posted 18 June 2011 - 12:49 AM

Brala

Posted 18 June 2011 - 08:53 AM

Brala

Speckled Bloodshade Fungus

Grotz

19 posts

The yellow fundation paint (iyadien darksun) really does magic.
I always prime with white, but applying a coat of darksun will really help you in doing yellow. It does hide quie well for a yellow color and is already yellow so applying another one on top works well.

Agatheron

Posted 19 June 2011 - 08:50 PM

Agatheron

Blue Thunda Ace

Nobz

6,546 posts

Gender:Male

Location:Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Army Name:Da Blue Thunda Speed Freeks

Has anyone tried any of the fleshes as a base?

Before the advent of Foundation colours, I painted Imperial Fists using the now-defunct colour "Bronzed Flesh." Vomit Brown is roughly the same shade. In this case, once you paint and highlight it (use white to blend up), use thinned yellow ink to tint everything yellow.

If you're using a black base, then Iyanden Darksun as your base shade is the best way to go.

On the other hand, if you're serious about doing a bright yellow, you can use white as a base, and do "preshading." I've done this with a couple of Bad Moonz style tanks. Granted, I was using an airbrush... at the figure level, preshading can be done with careful application of washes. Doing a thinned mix of paint and matte medium, first with chaos black, and then with dark flesh. That will create a good strong base for painting yellow over it that should look reasonably good.

Kaan

Posted 20 June 2011 - 01:06 AM

Kaan

telescoping arm

Boyz

506 posts

Gender:Male

Location:Pleasanton, California

I did something similar to Agatheron, and that was to use Bronzed flesh over the black base coat. You can go with yellow over it and the yellow comes out pretty bright and not streaky (although you will still need a couple of coats to get it smooth....that's the nature of yellow). Also, don't fall into the trap of using the brightest yellow first. You may want to try a brownish yellow first and then layer up highlights from there. Once the highlights go on, the brownish yellow doesn't look brown and it provides a nice contrast.

DocNuK

Posted 25 June 2011 - 10:07 AM

DocNuK

Kommando

Boyz

956 posts

Gender:Male

Location:near Hannover, Germany

Army Name:no name - why a name when i never really play

it is wonderful for priming bigger things yellow and using for example sepia wash afterwords.
but it become very thick if you use to much of it.
and difficult for smaller details
my opinion: good for priming vehicles or plain parts of it.
maybe not so useful for smaller models.

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Warrgh Bozz Mikki Kaine

Posted 05 November 2011 - 11:14 AM

Warrgh Bozz Mikki Kaine

Mushling

Grotz

35 posts

Gender:Male

Location:England

Army Name:Mick Kainz Norti Boyz

the best combo ive found is
undercoat - black
first coat - Darksun foundation
Second coat - Tausept foundation , leaving some of the pevious darksun showing at the edges
then u can leave it bright like that or ad a coat od devlin mud
TRUST ME THIS WORKS AND LOOKS GOOD - TUTORIAL TO COME SOON

Prim'Inister of Kiebec

Posted 25 January 2012 - 02:28 PM

Prim'Inister of Kiebec

Mushling

Grotz

31 posts

Gender:Male

Location:LÚvis

Army Name:Ork of Kiebec

Personnaly I use a layer of ultra thined Astronomican grey when a model is primed black

then thined down Golden yellow (Water/Paint 1:1 or 2:1) (you'll have to give two layer on larger models)
then Gryphone sepia to covers any defects and gives deep to the model
then golden Yellow on the edge of small surfaces and center of the larger one
then Sun burst highlight